Google Earth: Drop-dead gorgeous satellite photo rendering with clunky visuals
Good UI observations of the Google Earth interface ...
"My favorite app of the past year has been the satellite imaging client Google Earth. Much of this product's design is absolutely state of the art, but the fact that they've done such a good job in the core UI makes some really clunky parts stand out.
If you haven't tried Google Earth yet, you owe it to yourself to stop what you're doing and download their free version. While you're downloading, here's the summary: they give you a 3D model of the Earth that you can spin and tilt freely, zooming in to incredibly detailed images of your own city—and (if you live in a big city) your own house. The main window looks like this:
Since Google acquired Keyhole and rebranded it as Google Earth, they've tweaked the UI a bit. Most noticeable is an attempt to give the product some Google branding. Google's visual branding strategy appears to consist of randomly selecting user interface elements and coloring them pure red, blue, yellow, or green. You can be the judge of whether the above screen shot really says "Google" to you. In my mind, this UI is dominated by the rendered globe, and the arbitrary splashes of bright color elsewhere in the UI offer little more than distraction." continued ... (Via flow|state)
"My favorite app of the past year has been the satellite imaging client Google Earth. Much of this product's design is absolutely state of the art, but the fact that they've done such a good job in the core UI makes some really clunky parts stand out.
If you haven't tried Google Earth yet, you owe it to yourself to stop what you're doing and download their free version. While you're downloading, here's the summary: they give you a 3D model of the Earth that you can spin and tilt freely, zooming in to incredibly detailed images of your own city—and (if you live in a big city) your own house. The main window looks like this:
Since Google acquired Keyhole and rebranded it as Google Earth, they've tweaked the UI a bit. Most noticeable is an attempt to give the product some Google branding. Google's visual branding strategy appears to consist of randomly selecting user interface elements and coloring them pure red, blue, yellow, or green. You can be the judge of whether the above screen shot really says "Google" to you. In my mind, this UI is dominated by the rendered globe, and the arbitrary splashes of bright color elsewhere in the UI offer little more than distraction." continued ... (Via flow|state)
The Google Earth Interface.
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